Occupation Atlaswarehouse order picker
ESCO · http://data.europa.eu/esco/occupation/cd94def5-3442-4c2e-ae3d-0761a3008bcb
warehouse order picker
Warehouse order pickers prepare orders manually. They pick up orders and bring them to the delivery platform for processing, or in the trade sector to allow customers to pick them up. They are expected to complete orders for shipment, keeping in mind the quantity and type of goods specified and meeting quality criteria established by the company. They also assemble various types of merchandise for shipment and transport orders to shipping locations as specified by a supervisor. They typically stack bundled articles on pallet by hand, are responsible for wrapping articles on the pallet to secure them while moving, and for ensuring the integrity of the pallet.
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Job Zone
- 1
- 2
- 3
- 4
- 5
Zone 2: Some Preparation Needed
Some preparation. Usually a high school diploma, some previous work-related skill or experience, and a few months to a year of training with experienced workers.
Job Zone is O*NET's rating of how much education, experience and training an occupation typically needs — a property of the work, not of anyone doing it.
Occupational interest profile
CERConventional · Enterprising · Realistic — the three strongest interests, in order
- C Conventional6.97
- E Enterprising4.54
- R Realistic2.57
- S Social2.52
- I Investigative1.00
- A Artistic1.00
RIASEC (Holland) interests on O*NET's 0–7 scale: what the work draws on, not what any individual prefers. Hover a row for what each dimension means.
Job Zone and interest data are borrowed from Order Clerks (43-4151.00): in the official ESCO–O*NET crosswalk, its close O*NET match, and the best-ranked match that has them. ESCO doesn't publish them directly.
Typically associated skills
Essential (25)
ESCO's essential and optional tags describe how its taxonomy relates a skill to this occupation. They are not the essential functions of a job under the ADA, which an employer determines for its own role.
- check shipments
- comply with checklists
- ensure efficient utilisation of warehouse space
- follow written instructions
- lift heavy weights
- maintain material handling equipment
- maintain physical condition of warehouse
- maintain stock control systems
- maintain warehouse database
- manage warehouse inventory
- operate chainsaw
- operate material handling equipment
- operate voice picking systems
- operate warehouse record systems
- pick orders for dispatching
- process customer orders
- process orders from online shop
- safety regulations for warehouses
- secure goods
- stack goods
- store warehouse goods
- types of packaging used in industrial shipments
- use packaging equipment
- use warehouse marking tools
- weigh shipments
O*NET equivalents
From the official ESCO–O*NET crosswalk, strongest match first. A broader occupation takes in this one; a narrower one is a part of it.
Closest occupations
Compare any occupation →ESCO occupations that share the most of this occupation's 25 essential skills. A plain count, not a hidden score.
warehouse worker
10 shared · 30 more of its ownuse warehouse marking tools, pick orders for dispatching, types of packaging used in industrial shipments, maintain physical condition of warehouse
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materials handler
8 shared · 14 more of its ownuse warehouse marking tools, pick orders for dispatching, maintain physical condition of warehouse, operate warehouse record systems
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hand packer
6 shared · 4 more of its ownuse packaging equipment, secure goods, comply with checklists, stack goods
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forklift operator
6 shared · 26 more of its ownpick orders for dispatching, store warehouse goods, types of packaging used in industrial shipments, maintain warehouse database
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stevedore
6 shared · 31 more of its ownoperate voice picking systems, operate material handling equipment, store warehouse goods, safety regulations for warehouses
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warehouse manager
5 shared · 35 more of its ownensure efficient utilisation of warehouse space, maintain physical condition of warehouse, maintain warehouse database, maintain stock control systems
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warehouse operators for clothing
4 shared · 9 more of its ownensure efficient utilisation of warehouse space, operate material handling equipment, maintain physical condition of warehouse, operate warehouse record systems
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raw material reception operator
4 shared · 26 more of its ownsecure goods, stack goods, follow written instructions, lift heavy weights
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This page includes information from the O*NET 31.0 Database by the U.S. Department of Labor, Employment and Training Administration (USDOL/ETA), used under the CC BY 4.0 license; O*NET® is a trademark of USDOL/ETA. ESCO occupations and skills are from the European Commission's ESCO classification, and the occupation crosswalk is the official ESCO–O*NET mapping by the ESCO Secretariat with USDOL/ETA. This service uses the ESCO classification of the European Commission. BlissPoint Analytics has modified all or some of this information: skill, task and descriptor ratings are rounded to one decimal, and ESCO occupations show Job Zone and interests copied from a crosswalked O*NET occupation. USDOL/ETA has not approved, endorsed, or tested these modifications.